Category: Share A Dhamma
Sanghika Dana
Students of the Mandarin dhamma class initiated this monthly sanghika dana as their class activity on the first Saturday of each month. Under the auspices of MV Dhamma Fellowship, the English class dhamma students were invited to join them with effect from 3rd March 2012. It is hoped that this exercise would offer …
Sutta Studies
The Sutta Studies Class for 2012 commenced on 3rd March led by Bhante Raja and with Brother Raymond Yow as moderator. Suttas or discourses were delivered by the Buddha on various occasions for various persons with different temperament and mostly intended for the bhikkhus. Still, there are many discourses dealing …
A Visit to Alokarama and Seck Kia Eehn Temple in Malacca
Alokarama Two student members, comprising Brother Hing Seng Huat of the Mandarin class and I from the English class, together with three devotees turned day trippers on Saturday, 25th February, to check out a centre for residential meditation retreat in Malacca. We roped in Bhante Raja, religious advisor of MV …
Varada Mudra (Granting Wishes)
In this mudra the right hand, palm facing out, is directed downward. It symbolizes summoning Heaven as witness to his Buddhahood. In a variant form, the thumb and index finger of the downward extended hand touched one another. Frequently the abhaya and varada mudras are combined with the right hand …
Abhaya Mudra (Fearlessness and Granting Protection)
Bhumisparsha Mudra (Pointing to the Earth)
At the time of the Buddha’s enlightenment he was still sitting serenely under the Bodhi tree. Mara, the personification of temptation, saw this and was greatly troubled. So Mara came before the Buddha with a great army (these are mind state) of both monstrously ugly and fearsome and the wonderfully beautiful …